With so many festivals having been cancelled in Europe since March, Bulgarian films almost haven’t been introduced to the world at all this year, which means that the 38^th edition of the Golden Rose Film Festival has been eagerly awaited by the Bulgarian film industry. Organised by the Bulgarian National Film Center in the seaside city of Varna, this edition (24 September-1 October) will screen pretty much everything that Bulgarian cinema has to offer this year, including minority co-productions.

The edition kicks off tonight with the screening of Iranian director Siamak Etemadi’s Pari [+lee también:
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The 19 features competing for the Golden Rose Trophy are Viktor Chouchkov's 18% Grey [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (Bulgaria), Bogomil Kalinov's Ashes Over the Sun [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (Bulgaria), Georgi Stoyanov and Wojciech Todorow's Blessed Are the Meek (Bulgaria), Yavor Petkov's Danny. Legend. God [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (Bulgaria/UK), Dimitar Radev's Dante’s Heaven [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (Bulgaria), Ivan Tscherkelov's Do Not Argue with the Bath Staff [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (Bulgaria), Ivaylo Hristov's Fear [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (Bulgaria), Ivaylo Penchev's Last Call (Bulgaria), Katrin Gebbe's Pelican Blood [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (Bulgaria), Ivan Vladimirov's Scenes from the Life of an Actress (Bulgaria), Stanimir Trifonov's The Blessed (Bulgaria), Georgi Kostov's The Rest Is Ash (Bulgaria), Dimitar Petkov's The Short Straw (Bulgaria), Ivan Yurukov's Till the Final Caprice (Bulgaria), Martin Makariev's Wildings (Bulgaria), and Andrey Andonov and Vladimir Borisov's Yataghan (Bulgaria). Most of the titles were supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center.

Bulgarian directors Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov will judge the films as presidents of the jury, which also comprises Hungarian producer László Kántor, Bulgarian film critic Petia Alexandrova, Bulgarian actor Velizar Binev and Lithuanian industry expert Edvinas Pukšta. The awards will be announced on 1 October.